Mumbai: Dear God, please let the last word in the controversy around the AIB Roast go to Rakhi Sawant. Much has been said and by many, but precious little of it has been as original as the verdict delivered by the item girl politician.
The Roast according to Rakhi Sawant: “I think everyone has done ‘chitting.’ Ranveer is a very good friend of mine. And Karan is good friend of mine. Those weren’t their voices, someone has dubbed over their faces. I, Rakhi Sawant, am saying this. Those weren’t their voices. Everyone has done ‘chitting’ with them. Somebody wants to trap them. I know they would never come out and speak those abuses.”
The video recording of Rakhi saying this, with straight-faced conviction, is available on the YouTube channel Bollywood CIA. The AIB Roast of actors Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor was hosted by Karan Johar, none of who have so far responded to Rakhi’s ‘chitting’ theory.
On Twitter, Tanmay Bhat, founding member of the comedy collective AIB, described Rakhi’s comment as his favourite reaction to the Roast. He also said this, borrowing from Rakhi’s defence of the Roast/Ranveer/Karan: Social media, while sniggering at Rakhi, described her as a ‘genius,’ ‘funnier than the Roast,’ and ‘extraordinarily smart.’
The controversial AIB Roast was recorded in a Mumbai stadium last December with a paying audience of 4,000. The show was edited and released in three parts on AIB’s YouTube channel in late January. A week later, it was taken offline after the Maharashtra government announced it would investigate the Roast for alleged obscenity and an court-ordered FIR was filed against 14 people including Karan, Ranveer, Arjun and actresses Deepika Padukone and Alia Bhatt who were in the audience.
Bureau Report
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